[6393] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: New Encryption Regulations have other gotchas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Fri Jan 14 17:50:07 2000
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:44:15 -0500 (EST)
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{I take no blam^H^Hcredit for spotting this; I just relay it}
> "a.4. Specially designed or modified to reduce the compromising
> emanations of information-bearing signals beyond what is necessary
> for the health, safety or electromagnetic interference standards;"
This seems aimed at "Soft Tempest" work of recent years....
And as a noted backhoe tracker mentioned:
|That may be what it is aimed at, however it is important to remember
|standards tend to be by their nature lowest common denominator. The
|BXA regs appear to create an official government policy you can not
|improve health or safety beyond that required to meet the minimum
|standards. At the absurd, these regulations appear to prohibit
|the use of surge suppressors, UPSs or isolation transformers.
|
|I knew Radio Shack sold many legally suspect items, but have we
|reached the point of "Freeze, put down that surge supressor or we'll
|shoot!"
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